The ballots and any handwritten notes made by the cardinals are then destroyed, burnt in a stove in the chapel, which emits black smoke if no pope has been elected and white smoke if the Catholic ...

"The sky was just full of black and white smoke, just huge billowing smoke coming up," said Brent Gillon, who drove by the fire around 4:30 p.m., before the emergency alert went out to the public.

Then we will begin the process of black and white smoke as the cardinals jockey and vote on the next leader. A safe bet is a more traditional, hardline pope. That’d be popular with those inside ...

"The sky was just full of black and white smoke, just huge billowing smoke coming up," said Brent Gillon, who drove by the fire around 4:30 p.m., before the emergency alert went out to the public.

The black smoke indicating that there was no Pope elected and white smoke indicating there was a new Pope. The election of a new Pope will be announced with the words “Habemus Papam,” which is Latin ...

After each vote, the ballots are burned, and the color of the smoke signals the result: black indicates no election, and white signifies the election of a new pope. The newly elected pope is ...

Black smoke means no decision, and white smoke means they have picked a new pope and the conclave is over. The Cardinals also burn the ballots after each round to ensure no one's vote gets leaked.

After each round of voting, the ballot cards are burned. Chemicals are added to make the smoke black or white. Black smoke indicates an inconclusive ballot, while the white smoke announces a new pope.

If no pope is chosen, the ballots are mixed with cartridges containing potassium perchlorate, anthracene (a component of coal tar), and sulfur to produce black smoke. But if there is a winner ...

These include the cardinals’ attire, the voting procedure, the arrival of the cardinals—along with their stay at Casa Santa Marta and meals in the cafeteria—and the very process of the election itself ...

The world learns a pope has been elected when an official burns the paper ballots with special chemicals to make white smoke pour from the chapel's chimney. They use other chemicals to make black ...

Black smoke indicates an inconclusive ballot and white smoke announces that a new pope has been elected. The election has received global attention because the pope is regarded as the leader of 1. ...